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Property Investment March 2011

 

Weekly Property Pulse Professional Edition

This week's edition covers:

Check out the new improvements to RP Professional

Industry Market Wrap
Quarterly Review December 2010
Article: Proportion of expensive sales climb sharply since the GFC
Commercial: Strong attendance at Bay Street auction
Research Blog: What's in store for Darwin?

Check out the new improvements to RP Professional
Thanks to the welcome feedback from our users, we’ve added new and improved features for our RP Professional Property System. Here are a few of the tools we’ve developed to help improve your property searching experience:

Improved reports
We’ve added more options to our Market Compare, Rental Comparison and Sales History reports, to help you make straightforward comparisons between properties. Get the information you want, clearly presented for easy analysis. You can also print your findings at the touch of a button, for when you want to share your search results without having to assemble a full report.

Improved Reports

CMA panel
It’s now easier than ever to generate a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) Report from RP Professional. Just use this button on the front page to be taken straight to the report builder and generate the reports you want without having to navigate a series of menus first. We’ve also added new presentation options to the reports, allowing for even more customisation to your personal specifications.


CMA


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Industry Market Wrap
The RP Data-Rismark Home Value Index results for January 2011 are released next week. Due to the seasonally low volume of sales recorded during January, the results typically do not provide the greatest insight into the state of the market. Nevertheless, we anticipate that the results will be at best quite flat for the month following on from the December quarter where capital city values increased by just 0.4%.

On Tuesday next week the Reserve Bank will hold their March board meeting. The expectation is that official interest rates will remain on hold at 4.75%. The rhetoric coming out of the RBA during recent weeks suggests that the Bank believes interest rates are at an appropriate setting for the time being. As at the 22 February 2011 the interest rate futures market was not pricing in a further 25 basis point increase to official interest rates until February 2012. Importantly, most economists anticipate that the RBA will need to lift rates much earlier than this with some suggesting a rate hike is a possibility as early as May of this year.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released their quarterly Labour Price Index for December 2010 this week. During the quarter, labour prices increased by 1.0% after increasing by 1.1% during the previous quarter. Over the 12 months to December 2010 wages have increased by 3.9% which is the strongest annual growth since the 12 months to March 2009. The result shows that wages grew at a faster rate during the year than core inflation (2.7%). Considering that migration numbers have been cut to around 170,000 persons annually and that the unemployment rate is already sitting at 5.0% and expected to decline further, it appears that the cost of labour is set to increase further during the coming quarters. If wages continue to increase at or above their current rate it could lead to growing inflationary pressure. Given this, we expect that the RBA will keep a close eye on wage growth during the coming months and it will be an important consideration for their interest rate decisions.

Advertised Stock on the Market
Weekly listings
The number of new properties advertised for sale has increased sharply this week, up 8.9%. The number of new property advertisements is now 4.1% higher than at the same time last year and 12.9% higher than the 12 month average. With new advertisements increasing sharply, total advertisements have also increased over the last week, although at a much lower rate, up by 3.5%. Total property advertisements are 19.4% higher than they were at the same time last year and 11.4% higher than the 12 month average.

What's for sale in your area?  Where are the local hotspots?  Who's doing the selling?  For all these answers and more, click here or phone 1300 734 318 to get a free two-week trial of RP Data's On The Market®.




Latest National Auction Clearance Rates
Clearance RatesAcross the combined capital cities the weighted average auction clearance rate increased from 51.7% the previous week to 55.2% last week. Last week's clearance rate was the strongest across the combined capital cities since the week ending 24 October 2010. The volume of auctions taking place was also quite strong with more than 1,500 capital city auctions during the week. In Melbourne, auction clearance rates remained stable over the week at 59.7% and in Sydney clearance rates fell to 58.2% from 61.7% the previous week.

Keep track of your area's weekly changes in auction results with our Auction Results panel, found on the top right corner of the rpdata.com home page.

Number of Properties Advertised for Rent
Rental ListingsThe number of newly advertised properties for rent fell by -2.6% last week and new advertisements are at fairly similar levels to those recorded at the same time last year. Total rental advertisements also fell by -2.6% last week however, they are 2.3% higher than at the same time last year.

Quarterly Review December 2010
The December 2010 quarter has seen the slowdown within the residential property market continue at a time when Australian economic conditions are generally quite positive. Capital gains in the housing market have been virtually flat, having evaporated after 17 months of consistent capital gains between January 2009 and May 2010.

RP Data Quarterly Reviews are prepared by our dedicated Research team using the most accurate and up to date data to give our customers an exclusive analysis of changes in the property market.

Read the full review…

Article: Proportion of expensive sales climb sharply since the GFC

During the final quarter of 2008, capital city dwelling sales in excess of $500,000 accounted for around 28% of all sales, over the final quarter of 2010, 46% of all sales were at prices above $500,000.



Across the combined capital cities, there has been a surge in activity for more expensive properties since Australia began to rebound out of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). During the final quarter of 2008, which was also the most recent low in capital city home values, 72.2% of all sales were at prices below $500,000. During the final quarter of 2010, only 54.4% of sales were at prices below $500,000.

Read the full article…
Commercial: Strong attendance at Bay Street auction
A fully leased retail property in Port Melbourne, Victoria, has been sold at auction on a tight yield by agents of Fitzroys.

 The property at 187 Bay
Street, Port Melbourne, was sold with a new lease in place to The Noodle Box at an auction attended by more than 100 people.The property at 187 Bay Street, Port Melbourne, was sold with a new lease in place to The Noodle Box at an auction attended by more than 100 people.

Fitzroys agents, Geoff and Charles Emmett, marketed the property, which achieved a final selling price of $1.555 million.

The new ten-year lease at a rate of approximately $60,000 per annum gave the sale a tight yield of approximately 3.87%.

According to the agents, the sale of the 85 sqm shop generated what is potentially the lowest strip retail passing yield recorded for strata premises in the past few years.

“The offering provided investors with the security of an exceptionally long lease to a highly-regarded national retailer with the opportunity to capture rental upside in year five of the lease via the mid-term market rent review,” said Mr Emmett.


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Research Blog: What's in store for Darwin?
Capital gains within the Darwin housing market have been outperforming the broader capital city average since early 2004. Over the last ten years the growth rate has averaged 12.7% per annum which is well above the combined capital city average of 9.2%. Over five years the average rate of growth is even higher at 13.0% per annum compared with the broader benchmark growth rate of 6.8% across the capitals.

Read the full article at blog.rpdata.com…

Finance April 2011

How to read rates?

 Are you like most borrowers, looking to ensure you are on the best rate? One way to stop worrying is to fix some or all of your loan.

 Mortgage brokers are continually checking the best rates available for their clients. We have found a 3 year fixed rate of 7.15%  (comparison rate of 7.34%).

This is with Police and nurses credit. They offer great variable rates too , so you could split your risk with a variable rate of 6.99% and a fixed portion of 7.15% for 3 years. 7.15% is less that many borrower are paying on their current variable loans. So you will be ahead from day one – and if rates rise your savings will increase.

 If you would like to have a no obligation confidential review of your borrowings call Dan Goodridge on 0414423340 . Mercia Mortgage brokers.

Finance February 2011

How’s your rate?

Are you one of the many dissatisfied with your bank? If you’re looking to take advantage of the new government push to increase banking competition we may be able to save you thousands in interest per year.

Mercia finance can arrange for you rates as low as 6.89% PA. Variable < 65%  LVR . or 6.99% LVR up to 90% Low fees Free offset Debt visa Low early repayment / deferred establishment fee No application fee No legal fees No valuation fee ( standard valuations)

Example commonwealth bank standard variable 7.81%. you could save up to 0.92 % PA. That’s $4 600.00 per year on a $500 000 loan. 6.89 vs 7.81 Interested? 

Contact Dan Goodridge at Mercia finance on 0414 423 340 for an obligation free chat.

Remember we don’t charge for our mortgage broking services.

January 2011 Corporate Newsletter

 

 

 

 

Important information for ASX Listed Entities

1. Flooding in Queensland and other states: periodic financial reporting   Listed entities (other than mining exploration entities) will be aware that their Appendix 4D half-yearly reports (for 30 June balancers) or preliminary final reports (for 31 December balancers) for the period ended 31 December 2010 are due to be lodged with ASX by 28 February 2011. (Mining exploration entities are not required to lodge preliminary final reports, and their half-yearly reports are due 75 days after the end of the half-year – i.e. by 16 March 2011.)   ASX understands that there may be some listed entities who have been significantly affected by the recent flooding in Queensland and other States and who are likely to encounter difficulties in finalising their financial reports in time to meet their lodgement deadlines. In the case of half yearly reports, which must include the audit review report, this may be because the entity's auditors are not able to complete the audit review in time. (Preliminary final reports can be lodged before the audit report has been completed.)   Listed entities in this position are requested to contact their Listings Adviser as soon as possible to alert ASX to their position.   ASX will consider on a case by case basis any request for an extension of the due date for lodgement of periodic financial reports by any entity so affected.   It should be noted that any such extension will be for the shorte st period that a listed entity reasonably needs to complete and lodge its periodic reports. In this regard, it is unlikely that ASX will agree to an extension of more than 1 month. Any such extension will also be subject to the entity providing to the market, on or before the due date for lodgement of its periodic reports, information which is as complete as is possible in the circumstances about its financial position and its financial results for the relevant period.   All listed entities are reminded of their obligations under listing rule 3.1 (PDF 127KB) to announce immediately any information of which they become aware that a reasonable person would expect to have a material effect on the price or value of their securities. This includes any significant impact on their operations or results arising from the recent floods. It also includes any expected material change to their forecast results or any material change from the results for the previous corresponding period, or from consensus forecasts. This disclosure must be made immediately even if the entity is not able to quantify precisely the expected difference in the results. In making such disclosure, the entity must provide some details, however qualified, of the extent of the variation. For example a statement by an entity may indicate that based on internal management accounts, its expected net profit or EBIT will be an approximate amount (e.g. approximately $10m) or alternatively within a stated range (e.g. between $9m to $11m). Alternatively, the entity may indicate an approximate percentage movement (e.g. "up [or down] by 25% on the previous corresponding period"). ASX accepts that this information may not be precise and may be changed or amended on completion of the final accounts.  

Property Investment February 2011

 

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